Object Record
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Metadata
Object |
Painting |
Title |
Halloween |
Artist/Creator |
Moses, Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) |
Date |
1956 |
Description |
Oil on pressed wood painting by Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses (1860-1961). "Halloween". Signed "Moses" in the lower right. Dated November 23, 1956. Numbered 1737 and titled "Halloween" on an original Grandma Moses label affixed to the reverse. Oil on masonite. Halloween scene with many ghosts (some on top of barns), people dashing, etc. |
Width (inches) |
24.000 |
Height (inches) |
14.000 |
Information |
"Halloween" features "ghosts" and "goblins" carrying out tricks of all sorts, and two figures bobbing for apples in the lower left. Moses balances the scene’s festive mood with an atmosphere of haunted seriousness, painting the sky a striking charcoal grey with a golden white moon casting an eerie glow over everything, while ominous orange light shines from the windows of the buildings and two owls preside over the mayhem from the leftmost tree. |
Related People |
Moses, Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) |
Credit line |
Museum Purchase |
Copyright owner |
Copyright © Grandma Moses Properties, New York |
Catalog Number |
1999.71 |